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Avicularium trentinum

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Lithocardium trentinum was named by Oppenheim (1901). It is not extant. Its type locality is Fojaniche near Roveredo, which is in a Priabonian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone/marl in the Nago Limestone Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Avicularium trentinum by Harzhauser et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Lithocardium trentinum Oppenheim p. 165 fig. 16
2008Avicularium trentinum Harzhauser et al. p. 205

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiidaeLamarck 1809
Neocardiids
EucardiidsSchneider 1995
subfamilyTridacninae(Lamarck 1819)
genusAvicularium
speciestrentinum()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Avicularium trentinum Oppenheim 1901
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: solitaryf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationarysubf
Attached: yessubf
Life habit: epifaunalsubf
Diet: photosymbioticsubf
Diet 2: suspension feedersubf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-01 19:16:05
Modified: 2010-02-17 01:38:50
Source: subf = subfamily, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available